Connecticut Organizations Receive Federal Safety Training Grants

Two organizations with ties to Connecticut are among 67 recipients of approximately $10.2 million in federal grants to support workplace safety and health training.

The U.S. Department of Labor announced the grants as part of the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program.

Administered by OSHA, the program aims to advance worker safety through training opportunities for workers and employers in small businesses.

The program emphasizes industries with high injury, illness, and fatality rates.

The grants will fund training and education on hazard awareness, prevention, and controls to protect workers from on-the-job hazards.

Safety Training

Organizations will use the grants to develop training materials that help workers and employers identify and prevent workplace hazards.

The Hartford-based Minority Construction Council received $37,500 to provide roadway construction and work-zone safety awareness training for 150 employers and workers in Connecticut’s traffic-control industry.

The nonprofit provides training, technical assistance, advocacy, and development opportunities for minority contractors across the state.

The New York-based World Cares Center received $215,000 to train workers and employers in the maritime, construction, and general industries in Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey.

The program advances workplace safety opportunities for workers and employers.

The training will focus on fire safety and exposure to hazardous temperatures.

The full list of grant recipients is available here.

The program honors the late Susan Harwood, who spent 17 years with OSHA and led its Office of Risk Assessment.

Harwood developed workplace safety guidelines addressing benzene, formaldehyde, bloodborne pathogens, and lead in the construction industry.